For the true INTELLECTUAL 鈥?OIL NOT THE MAIN REASON FOR WAR IN IRAQ?

Wars are not fought on moral imperatives. All wars that the USA has fought, including the Civil War were fought for economic ends. All of you are being duped into this silly Sunni vs. Shiite, Al Qaida vs. Shia government, Kurd vs. Turk debate.
Iraq reconstruction needs until 2007
Local administration & civil society $300 million
Health, education & employment$ 7 billion
Infrastructure $11 billion
Electricity $13 billion
Agriculture and water resources $3 billion
Security and police $5 billion
Oil $8 billion
Culture $1.5 billion

These estimates don鈥檛 include the money to be made from telephone/cell phone and computer technology.

Please comment鈥he true reason for our involvement in the war in Iraq is money. So any person the desires to be President of the US must address the money that is to be lost if the USA withdraws. What would your strategy be if your were President?

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Remember...the US locked all countries except Great Britain out of acquiring reconstruction contracts in Iraq. That's why they all left us there to fight alone.

Judging by the Mega oil tankers in New York Harbor it has to be the oil, at least that is the left's mindset.


Seriously, Saddam was a treacherous murderer and need taken out and the people are now free.

I think Iraq as a country has already been destroyed,given the blood thirsty attitude of Iraqi people no amount of help to rebuild infrastructure in Iraq will help because it cannot be rebuilt with so much rift between the Shites Sunni Arabs and Kurds.Yes the companies who pretend to be involved in rebuilding will make a lot of money at the expense of US Treasury.
But Major Chunk of the money is ending up in the hands of companies like Lockheed Martin Boeing and other Arm suppliers and Haliburton.So there is resistance on their part to stop the War and they keep on finding excuses on humane and strategic grounds.

It's all about revenge and world power.

First the oil: I hear the oil comments every day; but how many people understand that Iraq's oil belongs to Keloxico Gilbakian (sp) a Turkish Family has owned the rights to all Iraqi oil for over 100 years. Saddam didn't even have control over the oil.

No matter who or what is in political power in Iraq the oil still is privately owned.

Revenge: GHW Bush and Oliver North were a team. Bush approached the World Bank requesting a $80B loan for Saddam. The World Bank is owned and controlled by the Skull&Bones Alumni (lifetime members) Saddam renaged on the loan leaving GHW Bush holding the bag.

Enteres the family vendetta Let's get Saddam. No battle plan no exit stratagy simply get Saddam. Richard Clark testified before the Senate that the first words out of President Bush's mouth. At the very first Whitehouse staff meeting was "OK how do we get Saddam"

Not the oil the family pride.

Go big Red Go

Transcript: President Clinton explains Iraq strike



CLINTON: Good evening.

Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.

Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world.

Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons.
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Other countries possess weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. With Saddam, there is one big difference: He has used them. Not once, but repeatedly. Unleashing chemical weapons against Iranian troops during a decade-long war. Not only against soldiers, but against civilians, firing Scud missiles at the citizens of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran. And not only against a foreign enemy, but even against his own people, gassing Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq.

The international community had little doubt then, and I have no doubt today, that left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will use these terrible weapons again.
SNIP

The hard fact is that so long as Saddam remains in power, he threatens the well-being of his people, the peace of his region, the security of the world.

The best way to end that threat once and for all is with a new Iraqi government -- a government ready to live in peace with its neighbors, a government that respects the rights of its people.
SNIP

If Saddam defies the world and we fail to respond, we will face a far greater threat in the future. Saddam will strike again at his neighbors. He will make war on his own people.

And mark my words, he will develop weapons of mass destruction. He will deploy them, and he will use them.

Almost all wars are resource wars.whether it is oil or diamonds and eventually it will be water.I don't think the presidents have as much pull as people think. This country is ruled by big banks big company's and people like Rothschild and Rockefeller. The president that we "vote" for is pretty much a puppet govt.

u're right, the usa is trying to establish a weak republic in iraq which can be controlled and exploitted by the usa. i heard that iraq petroleum sources are unique in the world. and i think firstly the usa government has to explain the reason why they occupied in iraq? the reason is nuclear weapons? where? also north korea seems more rebellious to me about nuclear weapons... so why dont the usa attack them, too? therefore, the reason is clear, money... and that is not worth to push american lives into a potential risk...

Actually if I think about it I could come up with these: revenge, disliking of Muslims, wanting of control point over east, U.S fears of china and U.S fears of Muslims..Also U.S fears of loosing their dictator power over the world...GREED..

I don't know if they are being clever or actually stupid but what I know millions died and will die and Bush has put American lifes at risk as well, it wasn't worth it...

He needs to leave people alone..